By Brandon Lowrey (July 15, 2022, 4:26 PM EDT) — The State Bar of California wants copies of sealed records as part of a previously undisclosed investigation into two former Girardi Keese lawyers accused of helping the firm steal more than $2 million from settlements meant for widows and orphans of plane crash victims, according to a motion filed Friday in Chicago federal court.
The filing offers the first public indication that the bar is investigating Los Angeles-based attorneys David Lira and Keith Griffin, coming more than a year and a half after the settlement theft became public and six weeks after their former boss, Thomas V. Girardi, was disbarred for…
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